轮子 輪子 lún zi wheel / (derog.) Falun Gong practitioner / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 灯泡 燈泡 dēng pào light bulb / see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[dian4 deng1 pao4] / third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 方向盘 方向盤 fāng xiàng pán steering wheel syn 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn 车轮 車輪 chē lún wheel syn 齿轮 齒輪 chǐ lún (machine) gear / pinion (gear wheel) syn 驱动 驅動 qū dòng to drive / to propel / drive (vehicle wheel) / drive mechanism (tape or disk) / device driver (computing software) syn 翱翔 áo xiáng to soar / to wheel about in the sky syn 回旋 迴旋 huí xuán to circle / to wheel / to go around syn 观测 觀測 guān cè to observe / to survey / observation (scientific etc) syn 观察力 觀察力 guān chá lì power of observation / perception syn 转轮 轉輪 zhuàn lún rotating disk / wheel / rotor / cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism 老生常谈 老生常談 lǎo shēng cháng tán an old observation (idiom) / a truism / banal comments syn 前轮 前輪 qián lún front wheel 直观 直觀 zhí guān direct observation / directly perceived through the senses / intuitive / audiovisual 轮轴 輪軸 lún zhóu wheel and axle (mechanism) / axle syn 后轮 後輪 hòu lún rear wheel 周而复始 週而復始 zhōu ér fù shǐ lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom) / to move in circles / the wheel comes full circle syn 滚轮 滾輪 gǔn lún roller / rotating dial / (computer mouse) scroll wheel / (road roller) drum syn 轱辘 軲轆 gū lù wheel / to roll / also pr. [gu1 lu5] syn 巨轮 巨輪 jù lún large ship / large wheel 车辙 車轍 chē zhé wheel rut / vehicle track syn 钢圈 鋼圈 gāng quān wheel rim / underwire (in a bra) 走马观花 走馬觀花 zǒu mǎ guān huā lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom) / a fleeting glance in passing / fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation / to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information 辘轳 轆轤 lù lu well pulley / windlass / potter's wheel syn 纺车 紡車 fǎng chē spinning wheel syn 轮毂 輪轂 lún gǔ wheel hub 露台 露臺 lù tái balcony / patio / flat roof / terrace / deck (unroofed platform) / outdoor stage / ancient imperial celestial observation terrace 砂轮 砂輪 shā lún grinding wheel / emery wheel syn 轮盘 輪盤 lún pán roulette / wheel 叶轮 葉輪 yè lún turbine wheel 四轮驱动 四輪驅動 sì lún qū dòng four-wheel drive 法轮 法輪 fǎ lún the Eternal Wheel of life in Buddhism 观景台 觀景台 guān jǐng tái lookout / viewing platform / observation deck 花鼓 huā gǔ flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub 刍议 芻議 chú yì lit. grass-cutter's comment (humble) / fig. my observation as a humble layman / my humble opinion 驱动轮 驅動輪 qū dòng lún drive wheel 轮 輪 lún wheel / disk / ring / steamship / to take turns / to rotate / classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn syn 辙 轍 zhé rut / track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]) / (coll.) the direction of traffic / a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) / (dialect) (usu. after 有[you3] or 沒|没[mei2]) way / idea syn 渠 qú (artificial) stream / canal / drain / ditch (CL:條|条[tiao2]) / (literary) big / great / (dialect) he / she / him / her / (old) rim of a carriage wheel / felloe syn 砣 tuó steelyard weight / stone roller / to polish jade with an emery wheel syn 轮辐 輪輻 lún fú wheel spoke 辖 轄 xiá linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle) / (bound form) to govern / to have jurisdiction over syn 辐 輻 fú spoke of a wheel 岗楼 崗樓 gǎng lòu watchtower / observation tower / police booth 辐条 輻條 fú tiáo (wheel) spoke 轱 軲 gū wheel / to roll 了望塔 瞭望塔 liǎo wàng tǎ observation tower / watch tower 观象台 觀象臺 guān xiàng tái observatory / observation platform 瞭望台 瞭望臺 liào wàng tái observation tower / lookout tower 车轮子 車輪子 chē lún zi wheel 辏 輳 còu to converge / hub of wheel 抟 摶 tuán to roll up into a ball with one's hands (variant of 團|团[tuan2]) / (literary) to circle / to wheel 毂 轂 gū wheel 毂 轂 gǔ hub of wheel 辋 輞 wǎng tire / wheel band 轹 轢 lì to bully / wheel-rut 铲土机 鏟土機 chǎn tǔ jī bulldozer / wheel loader syn 摆轮 擺輪 bǎi lún balance (of a watch or clock) / balance wheel 辁 輇 quán limited (of talent or ability) / (archaic) solid wheel (without spokes) 鎋 xiá linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle) (variant of 轄|辖[xia2]) 走马看花 走馬看花 zǒu mǎ kàn huā lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom) / fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation / to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information syn 輮 róu wheel band 全轮 全輪 quán lún front wheel 全轮驱动 全輪驅動 quán lún qū dòng all-wheel drive 从动 從動 cóng dòng -driven (of mechanism, driven by a component) / slave (wheel, pulley) syn 戽水 hù shuǐ to draw water for irrigation (manually or with a water wheel) 橾 shū the hole in the center of a wheel accommodating the axle (archaic) 法轮常转 法輪常轉 fǎ lún cháng zhuàn the Wheel turns constantly (idiom) / Buddhist teaching will overcome everything 砣子 tuó zi emery wheel syn 纺轮 紡輪 fǎng lún spinning wheel 终而复始 終而復始 zhōng ér fù shǐ lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom) / the wheel comes full circle 车条 車條 chē tiáo spoke (of wheel) 车轮饼 車輪餅 chē lún bǐng imagawayaki (sweet snack made of batter cooked in the shape of a car wheel, stuffed with azuki bean paste or other fillings) 軭 kuāng to spoil (Cant.) / to ruin / to warp (car wheel) 轮缘 輪緣 lún yuán rim / edge of wheel 轮脚 輪腳 lún jiǎo caster (furniture wheel) 轮齿 輪齒 lún chǐ tooth of cog wheel / gear tooth 旋工 鏇工 xuàn gōng lathe operator / spinning wheel worker 龙骨车 龍骨車 lóng gǔ chē water wheel syn 四轮驱动汽车 four-wheel-drive vehicle 反作用轮 反作用輪 fǎn zuò yòng lún reaction wheel 长轴距 長軸距 long wheel base 车轮校正机 車輪校正機 wheel-alignment machine 动量轮 動量輪 momentum wheel 从矿井到车轮分析法 從礦井到車輪分析法 well-to-wheel analysis 车轮清洁站 車輪清潔站 wheel cleaning station 测距轮 測距輪 cè jù lún measuring wheel 国际内轮协会 國際內輪協會 International Inner Wheel 中枢网 中樞網 hub network / star network / wheel network 车轮平衡设备 車輪平衡設備 wheel-balancer 巂 guī cuckoo / revolution of a wheel 軖 kuáng spinning wheel / wheelbarrow 偏三轮 偏三輪 piān sān lún old-style cycle with lateral third wheel and passenger seat 四轮定位 四輪定位 sì lún dìng wèi wheel alignment (automobile maintenance) 拉坯 lā pī to make ceramics (on a potter's wheel) 转向盘 轉向盤 zhuǎn xiàng pán steering wheel 𫐓 輮 róu wheel band 軚 dài (Cantonese) steering wheel / (Cantonese) tire (car, bicycle) 